Israel’s Health Ministry rages against WHO over Gaza war statements

The Health Ministry blasts the UN’s health agency for its response to the Israel-Hamas war, which has included strongly worded criticism of Israel’s strikes on Gaza and its call for civilians in northern Gaza to flee south ahead of a ground operation.

“As Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns murdering infants, raping women and taking the sick and elderly hostage, including Holocaust survivors, the World Health Organization was largely focused on cessation of hostilities,” the Health Ministry says in a statement. “Israel’s efforts to save lives by evacuating civilians from the conflict zone in northern Gaza has been perversely twisted and maligned in service of Hamas’s efforts to continue their use of Gaza’s civilians as human shields.”

“The call for evacuation of civilians from the conflict zone is a measure to protect civilians despite Hamas’s efforts to endanger them,” it adds.